{"id":"refinery-heat-duty-fuel-efficiency-energy-intensity-engineering-guide","canonicalSlug":"refinery-heat-duty-fuel-efficiency-energy-intensity-engineering-guide","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/refinery-heat-duty-fuel-efficiency-energy-intensity-engineering-guide","language":"en","title":"Refinery Heat Duty, Fuel Efficiency and Energy Intensity: An Engineering Guide","summary":"Reproduce a heater heat balance, distinguish useful duty from fuel input, and compare energy intensities with explicit assumptions and verified refinery examples.","body":["A refinery's crude-processing rate, a heater's thermal duty and a site's energy intensity describe different quantities. A figure in barrels per day cannot reveal furnace efficiency, while a megawatt rating does not identify how much crude a plant can distil. Useful comparisons start by identifying the equipment, stream, time interval and energy basis behind each number.","This guide combines foundational DOE thermodynamics and process-heating references with dated CONUEE and EPA documents. Its numerical example is entirely hypothetical: no actual refinery's heat capacity, efficiency, fuel use or operating availability is inferred. The chart is calculated from declared inputs. The accompanying conceptual illustration is not an authentic facility photograph or an engineering design."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[{"heading":"Define the physical boundary","paragraphs":["For one heater, distinguish the process stream receiving heat from the fuel supplying chemical energy. State whether combustion-air preheating and heat recovery are inside the boundary. Pump and fan electricity, imported steam and exported heat need their own treatment; an undefined mixture of these flows is not a reproducible efficiency measure.","A whole-refinery balance has a broader boundary, potentially including refinery fuel gas, purchased energy and utility transfers. Internal streams should not be counted repeatedly as new external inputs. Keep production, intermediate circulation and energy supply separate. An air-permit boundary may group equipment for regulatory purposes without defining the boundary of your thermal calculation."]},{"heading":"Calculate useful heat with consistent units","paragraphs":["For a steady-flow heater with negligible shaft work and kinetic or potential energy changes, useful duty is Q̇ = ṁ(h_out − h_in). For single-phase sensible heating at approximately constant pressure, with constant specific heat, this simplifies to Q̇ = ṁ c_p ΔT. A phase change requires an enthalpy calculation including latent heat; temperature difference alone is insufficient.","Assume a liquid flow of 100,000 kg/h, c_p = 2.2 kJ/(kg·K) and ΔT = 50 K. Assume the stream remains liquid, with no reaction or accumulation. Then Q̇ = 100,000 × 2.2 × 50 = 11,000,000 kJ/h = 11 GJ/h = 3.055556 MW. The specific heat is a prescribed example input, not a measured crude property. One MW equals 3.6 GJ/h; power and accumulated energy are different quantities."]},{"heading":"Separate useful duty from fuel input","paragraphs":["Define η = Q̇_useful/Ḟ_fuel, using the same heating-value convention throughout. All efficiencies here are assumed on one lower-heating-value basis. At η = 0.80, fuel input is 11/0.80 = 13.75 GJ/h, or 3.819444 MW. Useful heat remains 11 GJ/h; the difference is 2.75 GJ/h within this simplified boundary.","That difference is not an independently measured stack loss. A real assessment must distinguish flue-gas, casing and other losses rather than assigning invented percentages. Nor does the calculation establish burner geometry, fuel composition, flame conditions, oxygen concentration or safe control settings. Electrical auxiliaries remain outside this particular fuel-to-process-heat ratio."]},{"heading":"Compare efficiencies at a fixed duty","paragraphs":["Holding useful duty at 11 GJ/h, assumed efficiencies of 70%, 80% and 90% require 15.714286, 13.75 and 12.222222 GJ/h of fuel respectively. The accessible chart shows these calculated rates. Feed flow and temperature rise are held constant; the comparison neither predicts higher production nor supplies measured performance for Salina Cruz or Commerce City.","Moving from 70% to 90% is a 20-percentage-point efficiency increase. Relative fuel reduction is 1 − 0.70/0.90 = 22.222222%, not 20%. Using unrounded values, the difference is 3.492063 GJ/h. If both cases operated for an assumed 8,000 h, the annual difference would be 27,936.507937 GJ. Those hours are an assumption, not plant availability."]},{"heading":"Normalize intensity without changing the denominator","paragraphs":["The example processes 100 t/h. At 80% assumed efficiency, fuel intensity is 13.75/100 = 0.1375 GJ/t of feed; useful-heat intensity is 11/100 = 0.11 GJ/t. These two indicators answer different questions. Neither is a whole-refinery benchmark, a product carbon intensity or a published industry average.","A per-barrel comparison also requires liquid density and a declared volume reference condition. Do not substitute finished-product barrels for crude-feed tonnes or mix calendar-day and stream-day denominators. Startup, shutdown, changes in feed composition and utilization can change site intensity even when individual equipment efficiency is unchanged. Preserve the reporting period and measurement scope."]},{"heading":"Read the Salina Cruz audit on its own terms","paragraphs":["CONUEE's 6 June 2024 report describes a 14–17 May 2024 energy-management follow-up at Salina Cruz, Oaxaca. Auditors visited the primary and vacuum plants, catalytic plant, hydro-reformer and main services. The account discusses operating windows, boiler maintenance and fired-heater burners. It provides firsthand evidence of the named site's refining and energy-management activities.","The audit's installed crude-capacity description is separate from heater duty. Its energy-management maturity finding is not a measured thermal efficiency or proof that a particular retrofit has been commissioned. The directly linked Atlas record preserves unknown current capacity and operating status. None of this guide's hypothetical flow, temperature rise or efficiency is assigned to that refinery."]},{"heading":"Distinguish Commerce City plants from permit boundaries","paragraphs":["EPA's 30 December 2024 order describes Commerce City's Plants 1 and 3 as an integrated petroleum refinery and identifies the separately permitted East Plant 2 within one major air-emission source. The July 2023 East Plant order addresses crude and vacuum heaters. These documents identify process and permit scopes; separate permits do not create additive crude-processing capacities.","An emission limit or fuel-based emissions calculation is not a measurement of heat delivered to the process. The Atlas record therefore keeps capacity and current operating state unknown despite corroborated refinery identity. The research link does not create an EIA capacity join, certify permit compliance or establish a physical supply chain to a well."]},{"heading":"Build a reproducible measurement package","paragraphs":["A site calculation needs synchronized process-flow, inlet/outlet temperature and pressure measurements, an appropriate enthalpy or property model, fuel-flow measurements and fuel heating value. Record calibration, sampling intervals, instrument uncertainty and whether values are gross or net. Missing fuel composition, density or heat-capacity data should remain unknown rather than being filled with convenient defaults.","For vaporizing or reacting streams, include the relevant phase and reaction enthalpies. For transient operation, retain accumulation and the actual integration period. Compare calculated duty against an independently measured energy balance where possible. The present steady-state example demonstrates arithmetic only; it is not a validated simulator or a trained predictive model."]},{"heading":"Evaluate improvement opportunities within operating limits","paragraphs":["DOE's process-heating sourcebook examines heat recovery, air leakage, heat-transfer surfaces and combustion losses as parts of a system. A change to one component can affect draft, pressure drop, fouling, reliability and other energy demands. A screening ratio cannot establish a safe burner adjustment or replace equipment-specific engineering and operating procedures.","Economic evaluation also needs verified tariffs, capital cost, maintenance consequences and a defensible operating schedule. The hypothetical annual energy difference is not a project saving or payback forecast. Read it alongside the capacity, density, mass-balance and permit-status guides, keeping observed site evidence separate from assumed engineering inputs."]}],"text":"Refinery Heat Duty, Fuel Efficiency and Energy Intensity: An Engineering Guide\n\nReproduce a heater heat balance, distinguish useful duty from fuel input, and compare energy intensities with explicit assumptions and verified refinery examples.\n\nA refinery's crude-processing rate, a heater's thermal duty and a site's energy intensity describe different quantities. A figure in barrels per day cannot reveal furnace efficiency, while a megawatt rating does not identify how much crude a plant can distil. Useful comparisons start by identifying the equipment, stream, time interval and energy basis behind each number.\n\nThis guide combines foundational DOE thermodynamics and process-heating references with dated CONUEE and EPA documents. Its numerical example is entirely hypothetical: no actual refinery's heat capacity, efficiency, fuel use or operating availability is inferred. The chart is calculated from declared inputs. The accompanying conceptual illustration is not an authentic facility photograph or an engineering design.\n\nDefine the physical boundary\n\nFor one heater, distinguish the process stream receiving heat from the fuel supplying chemical energy. State whether combustion-air preheating and heat recovery are inside the boundary. Pump and fan electricity, imported steam and exported heat need their own treatment; an undefined mixture of these flows is not a reproducible efficiency measure.\n\nA whole-refinery balance has a broader boundary, potentially including refinery fuel gas, purchased energy and utility transfers. Internal streams should not be counted repeatedly as new external inputs. Keep production, intermediate circulation and energy supply separate. An air-permit boundary may group equipment for regulatory purposes without defining the boundary of your thermal calculation.\n\nCalculate useful heat with consistent units\n\nFor a steady-flow heater with negligible shaft work and kinetic or potential energy changes, useful duty is Q̇ = ṁ(h_out − h_in). For single-phase sensible heating at approximately constant pressure, with constant specific heat, this simplifies to Q̇ = ṁ c_p ΔT. A phase change requires an enthalpy calculation including latent heat; temperature difference alone is insufficient.\n\nAssume a liquid flow of 100,000 kg/h, c_p = 2.2 kJ/(kg·K) and ΔT = 50 K. Assume the stream remains liquid, with no reaction or accumulation. Then Q̇ = 100,000 × 2.2 × 50 = 11,000,000 kJ/h = 11 GJ/h = 3.055556 MW. The specific heat is a prescribed example input, not a measured crude property. One MW equals 3.6 GJ/h; power and accumulated energy are different quantities.\n\nSeparate useful duty from fuel input\n\nDefine η = Q̇_useful/Ḟ_fuel, using the same heating-value convention throughout. All efficiencies here are assumed on one lower-heating-value basis. At η = 0.80, fuel input is 11/0.80 = 13.75 GJ/h, or 3.819444 MW. Useful heat remains 11 GJ/h; the difference is 2.75 GJ/h within this simplified boundary.\n\nThat difference is not an independently measured stack loss. A real assessment must distinguish flue-gas, casing and other losses rather than assigning invented percentages. Nor does the calculation establish burner geometry, fuel composition, flame conditions, oxygen concentration or safe control settings. Electrical auxiliaries remain outside this particular fuel-to-process-heat ratio.\n\nCompare efficiencies at a fixed duty\n\nHolding useful duty at 11 GJ/h, assumed efficiencies of 70%, 80% and 90% require 15.714286, 13.75 and 12.222222 GJ/h of fuel respectively. The accessible chart shows these calculated rates. Feed flow and temperature rise are held constant; the comparison neither predicts higher production nor supplies measured performance for Salina Cruz or Commerce City.\n\nMoving from 70% to 90% is a 20-percentage-point efficiency increase. Relative fuel reduction is 1 − 0.70/0.90 = 22.222222%, not 20%. Using unrounded values, the difference is 3.492063 GJ/h. If both cases operated for an assumed 8,000 h, the annual difference would be 27,936.507937 GJ. Those hours are an assumption, not plant availability.\n\nNormalize intensity without changing the denominator\n\nThe example processes 100 t/h. At 80% assumed efficiency, fuel intensity is 13.75/100 = 0.1375 GJ/t of feed; useful-heat intensity is 11/100 = 0.11 GJ/t. These two indicators answer different questions. Neither is a whole-refinery benchmark, a product carbon intensity or a published industry average.\n\nA per-barrel comparison also requires liquid density and a declared volume reference condition. Do not substitute finished-product barrels for crude-feed tonnes or mix calendar-day and stream-day denominators. Startup, shutdown, changes in feed composition and utilization can change site intensity even when individual equipment efficiency is unchanged. Preserve the reporting period and measurement scope.\n\nRead the Salina Cruz audit on its own terms\n\nCONUEE's 6 June 2024 report describes a 14–17 May 2024 energy-management follow-up at Salina Cruz, Oaxaca. Auditors visited the primary and vacuum plants, catalytic plant, hydro-reformer and main services. The account discusses operating windows, boiler maintenance and fired-heater burners. It provides firsthand evidence of the named site's refining and energy-management activities.\n\nThe audit's installed crude-capacity description is separate from heater duty. Its energy-management maturity finding is not a measured thermal efficiency or proof that a particular retrofit has been commissioned. The directly linked Atlas record preserves unknown current capacity and operating status. None of this guide's hypothetical flow, temperature rise or efficiency is assigned to that refinery.\n\nDistinguish Commerce City plants from permit boundaries\n\nEPA's 30 December 2024 order describes Commerce City's Plants 1 and 3 as an integrated petroleum refinery and identifies the separately permitted East Plant 2 within one major air-emission source. The July 2023 East Plant order addresses crude and vacuum heaters. These documents identify process and permit scopes; separate permits do not create additive crude-processing capacities.\n\nAn emission limit or fuel-based emissions calculation is not a measurement of heat delivered to the process. The Atlas record therefore keeps capacity and current operating state unknown despite corroborated refinery identity. The research link does not create an EIA capacity join, certify permit compliance or establish a physical supply chain to a well.\n\nBuild a reproducible measurement package\n\nA site calculation needs synchronized process-flow, inlet/outlet temperature and pressure measurements, an appropriate enthalpy or property model, fuel-flow measurements and fuel heating value. Record calibration, sampling intervals, instrument uncertainty and whether values are gross or net. Missing fuel composition, density or heat-capacity data should remain unknown rather than being filled with convenient defaults.\n\nFor vaporizing or reacting streams, include the relevant phase and reaction enthalpies. For transient operation, retain accumulation and the actual integration period. Compare calculated duty against an independently measured energy balance where possible. The present steady-state example demonstrates arithmetic only; it is not a validated simulator or a trained predictive model.\n\nEvaluate improvement opportunities within operating limits\n\nDOE's process-heating sourcebook examines heat recovery, air leakage, heat-transfer surfaces and combustion losses as parts of a system. A change to one component can affect draft, pressure drop, fouling, reliability and other energy demands. A screening ratio cannot establish a safe burner adjustment or replace equipment-specific engineering and operating procedures.\n\nEconomic evaluation also needs verified tariffs, capital cost, maintenance consequences and a defensible operating schedule. The hypothetical annual energy difference is not a project saving or payback forecast. Read it alongside the capacity, density, mass-balance and permit-status guides, keeping observed site evidence separate from assumed engineering inputs.\n\nTechnical and economic analysis\n\nAnalysis as of: 2026-11-11\n\nEvidence cutoff: 2026-11-11\n\nOutlook horizon: Hypothetical steady-state heater comparison\n\nIllustrative sensitivity\n\nHypothetical fuel input at a fixed useful duty of 11 GJ/h\n\nCalculated examples: fuel input = 11/η, with assumed efficiencies 70%, 80% and 90% on the same lower-heating-value basis. Fixed 100,000 kg/h liquid feed, c_p 2.2 kJ/(kg·K), ΔT 50 K; no phase change, reaction or accumulation. Not measured site performance or a forecast.\n\nThese calculations illustrate stated assumptions; they are not observations or a calibrated forecast.\n\n70% assumed efficiency: 15.7143 gigajoules per hour\n\n80% assumed efficiency: 13.75 gigajoules per hour\n\n90% assumed efficiency: 12.2222 gigajoules per hour","category":"energy","region":"world","topics":["oil","gas"],"eventDate":"2026-11-11","eventDateBasis":"analysis-as-of-date","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T15:37:55Z","modifiedAt":"2026-11-11T15:43:58Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-11-11T15:32:47Z","sourcePublishedAt":null,"translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2026-04/DOE-HDBK-1012-92_VOL1.pdf","name":"DOE Fundamentals Handbook — Thermodynamics, archived training reference","checkedAt":"2026-11-11"},{"url":"https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2014/05/f15/process_heating_sourcebook2.pdf","name":"DOE — Improving Process Heating System Performance, second edition, 2007","checkedAt":"2026-11-11"},{"url":"https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication811e2008.pdf","name":"NIST SP 811 — SI units and conversions, 2008 edition","checkedAt":"2026-11-11"},{"url":"https://www.gob.mx/conuee/articulos/se-realiza-auditoria-al-proceso-de-implementacion-del-sistema-de-gestion-de-la-energia","name":"CONUEE — Salina Cruz energy-management site audit, 6 June 2024","checkedAt":"2026-11-11"},{"url":"https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2025-01/suncor-plants-1-and-3-order-ii-12-30-2024_0.pdf","name":"EPA — Commerce City Plants 1 and 3 order, 30 December 2024","checkedAt":"2026-11-11"},{"url":"https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2023-08/Suncor%20Plant%202%20Order_07-31-23.pdf","name":"EPA — Commerce City East Plant order, 31 July 2023","checkedAt":"2026-11-11"},{"url":"https://wellficent.com/en/refineries/osm-way-113738260","name":"Wellficent Atlas — Salina Cruz source record","checkedAt":"2026-11-11"},{"url":"https://wellficent.com/en/refineries/osm-way-134992178","name":"Wellficent Atlas — Commerce City source record","checkedAt":"2026-11-11"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/refinery-heat-duty-fuel-efficiency-energy-intensity-engineering-guide","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/refinery-heat-duty-fuel-efficiency-energy-intensity-engineering-guide","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/refinery-heat-duty-fuel-efficiency-energy-intensity-engineering-guide","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/refinery-heat-duty-fuel-efficiency-energy-intensity-engineering-guide","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/refinery-heat-duty-fuel-efficiency-energy-intensity-engineering-guide","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/refinery-heat-duty-fuel-efficiency-energy-intensity-engineering-guide","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/refinery-heat-duty-fuel-efficiency-energy-intensity-engineering-guide"},"corrections":[{"at":"2026-11-11T15:43:58Z","language":"en","text":"Keep every formula, value, source and first publication unchanged; add paired text-direction isolates to Arabic scientific expressions so formulas and units read coherently from left to right on mobile. Other editions and the generated illustration are unchanged."}],"locations":[],"type":"analysis","analysis":{"asOf":"2026-11-11","kind":"technical-economic","chart":{"kind":"illustrative","note":{"ar":"أمثلة محسوبة: مدخل الوقود = ⁦11/η⁩، بكفاءات مفترضة ⁦70%⁩ و⁦80%⁩ و⁦90%⁩ على أساس واحد للقيمة الحرارية الدنيا. تغذية سائلة ثابتة ⁦100,000 kg/h⁩ و⁦c_p⁩ قدرها ⁦2.2 kJ/(kg·K)⁩ و⁦ΔT⁩ قدرها ⁦50 K⁩؛ دون تغير طور أو تفاعل أو تراكم. ليست أداء موقع مقاساً أو توقعاً.","en":"Calculated examples: fuel input = 11/η, with assumed efficiencies 70%, 80% and 90% on the same lower-heating-value basis. Fixed 100,000 kg/h liquid feed, c_p 2.2 kJ/(kg·K), ΔT 50 K; no phase change, reaction or accumulation. Not measured site performance or a forecast.","es":"Ejemplos calculados: entrada = 11/η, con eficiencias supuestas del 70%, 80% y 90% sobre la misma base de poder calorífico inferior. Alimentación líquida fija de 100.000 kg/h, c_p 2,2 kJ/(kg·K), ΔT 50 K; sin cambio de fase, reacción ni acumulación. No es desempeño medido ni pronóstico.","fr":"Exemples calculés : apport = 11/η, pour des rendements supposés de 70 %, 80 % et 90 % sur la même base de pouvoir calorifique inférieur. Charge liquide fixe de 100 000 kg/h, c_p 2,2 kJ/(kg·K), ΔT 50 K ; ni changement de phase, réaction ou accumulation. Ni performance de site mesurée, ni prévision.","pt":"Exemplos calculados: entrada = 11/η, com eficiências admitidas de 70%, 80% e 90% na mesma base de poder calorífico inferior. Alimentação líquida fixa de 100.000 kg/h, c_p 2,2 kJ/(kg·K), ΔT 50 K; sem mudança de fase, reação ou acumulação. Não é desempenho medido nem previsão.","ru":"Расчётные примеры: энергия топлива = 11/η, условные КПД 70%, 80% и 90% на одной основе низшей теплоты сгорания. Постоянное жидкое сырьё 100 000 kg/h, c_p 2,2 kJ/(kg·K), ΔT 50 K; без фазового перехода, реакции и накопления. Не измеренные показатели площадки и не прогноз.","tr":"Hesaplanmış örnekler: yakıt girişi = 11/η; aynı alt ısıl değer temelinde varsayılan %70, %80 ve %90 verim. Sabit 100.000 kg/h sıvı besleme, c_p 2,2 kJ/(kg·K), ΔT 50 K; faz değişimi, reaksiyon veya birikim yoktur. Ölçülmüş tesis performansı veya öngörü değildir."},"rows":[{"label":{"ar":"كفاءة مفترضة ⁦70%⁩","en":"70% assumed efficiency","es":"Eficiencia supuesta del 70%","fr":"Rendement supposé de 70 %","pt":"Eficiência admitida de 70%","ru":"Условный КПД 70%","tr":"Varsayılan %70 verim"},"value":15.714286},{"label":{"ar":"كفاءة مفترضة ⁦80%⁩","en":"80% assumed efficiency","es":"Eficiencia supuesta del 80%","fr":"Rendement supposé de 80 %","pt":"Eficiência admitida de 80%","ru":"Условный КПД 80%","tr":"Varsayılan %80 verim"},"value":13.75},{"label":{"ar":"كفاءة مفترضة ⁦90%⁩","en":"90% assumed efficiency","es":"Eficiencia supuesta del 90%","fr":"Rendement supposé de 90 %","pt":"Eficiência admitida de 90%","ru":"Условный КПД 90%","tr":"Varsayılan %90 verim"},"value":12.222222}],"unit":"GJ/h","title":{"ar":"مدخل وقود افتراضي عند حمل مفيد ثابت قدره ⁦11 GJ/h⁩","en":"Hypothetical fuel input at a fixed useful duty of 11 GJ/h","es":"Entrada hipotética de combustible con carga útil fija de 11 GJ/h","fr":"Apport fictif de combustible pour une puissance utile fixe de 11 GJ/h","pt":"Entrada hipotética de combustível com carga útil fixa de 11 GJ/h","ru":"Условная энергия топлива при постоянной полезной нагрузке 11 GJ/h","tr":"11 GJ/h sabit yararlı yükte varsayımsal yakıt girişi"},"unitLabel":{"ar":"غيغاجول في الساعة","en":"gigajoules per hour","es":"gigajulios por hora","fr":"gigajoules par heure","pt":"gigajoules por hora","ru":"гигаджоули в час","tr":"saatte gigajul"}},"horizon":"Hypothetical steady-state heater comparison","horizonLabel":{"ar":"مقارنة افتراضية لسخان في حالة مستقرة","en":"Hypothetical steady-state heater comparison","es":"Comparación hipotética de calentadores en régimen estacionario","fr":"Comparaison fictive de réchauffeurs en régime permanent","pt":"Comparação hipotética de aquecedores em regime estacionário","ru":"Условное сравнение нагревателей в стационарном режиме","tr":"Varsayımsal kararlı durum ısıtıcı karşılaştırması"},"evidenceCutoff":"2026-11-11"},"relatedArticles":[{"canonicalSlug":"refinery-capacity-calendar-stream-day-engineering-guide","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/refinery-capacity-calendar-stream-day-engineering-guide","title":"Refinery capacity: calendar day, stream day and actual throughput","language":"en"},{"canonicalSlug":"api-gravity-density-mass-volume-engineering-guide","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/api-gravity-density-mass-volume-engineering-guide","title":"API Gravity, Density and Mass–Volume Conversion: A Petroleum Engineering Guide","language":"en"},{"canonicalSlug":"refinery-mass-balance-processing-gain-engineering-guide","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/refinery-mass-balance-processing-gain-engineering-guide","title":"Refinery Mass Balance and Processing Gain: Why More Volume Does Not Mean More Mass","language":"en"},{"canonicalSlug":"refinery-terminal-status-permit-data-engineering-guide","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/refinery-terminal-status-permit-data-engineering-guide","title":"Refinery or Fuel Terminal? 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